Differences in facial expressions at pain and ... orgasm between cultures

If your partner suddenly smirked while orgasm, what would you do? In fact, for Eastern people, particularly East Asia, this expression is completely normal. But with Western culture, through what we have seen on film, this expression is considered somewhat odd.

According to the Motherboard website, it is one of the findings of a recently published study of facial expressions when orgasm and pain in different cultures. Researchers from universities in the UK and Spain have used machine learning, theoretical analysis, and human awareness testing to find out whether people see pain and comfort. are presenting other people's faces in the same way or not.

Facial expressions when orgasm and pain in different cultures.

Carlos Crivelli, one of the study authors and lecturer in the Department of Psychology at De Montfort University in Leicester (UK), said the starting point of their research stems from a question: Are they all Do we all agree with the meaning of different facial expressions?

His short answer is "No".

The team compared observed data about facial expression across cultures with new data gathered from human cognitive tests in the laboratory. Observers from Western and East Asian cultures were shown images of computer-generated emulator faces with many different expressions, and were asked if facial movements matched with their perception of "pain" or "orgasm" , and how much that face expresses to be realistic (the word "very poor" to "very similar" ).

Face expression in two "painful" states and "orgasms" in Westerners.

Contrary to general thinking and previous studies, researchers found that pain and orgasm differ physically and physically (facial muscle movement) and perceptions in each culture - instrumental People face when reaching an orgasm unlike their face while in a pain.

The study also shows that while painful expressions are judged to be similar across cultures, the big facial differences will appear when orgasm. For Westerners, their eyes will open, and for East Asians, they will laugh.

Western facial expressions (two pictures on the left) and East Asian people (two pictures on the right).

"These findings seem to make a lot of people uncomfortable, because it is often said that we can read the emotions on their faces like reading a book," - Crivelli said - " The important point here is that people tend to form strong mental determinations and agree that everyone has their own life, with important consequences for human behavior . Whether from our research does not confirm that facial behavior conveys the same emotional messages around the world, culture and biology play a big role in shaping the diversity that we generate. appear".